Vanessa Marti Heftman

Vanessa focuses her practice on commercial litigation and intellectual property disputes involving unfair competition under the Lanham Act, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets. She also has experience in employment discrimination and retaliation cases before federal and state courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state law agencies. Vanessa was selected in 2011 as an Illinois Rising Star, General Litigation.

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Areas of Practice 1) Litigation & Dispute Resolution, 2) Commercial Litigation and Disputes, 3) Commercial Litigation and Disputes - United States, 4) Intellectual Property, 5) IP Litigation, 6) Patent Litigation, 7) Trademark Litigation, 8) Employment & Labor and 9) Discrimination and Harassment
Law School Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2004
Education Emory University, B.A., 1999
Bar Member / Association Illinois State Bar Association
Most recent firm Reed Smith LLP
A. Harrison Barnes
A. Harrison Barnes

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Barbara A. Fitzgerald
Barbara A. Fitzgerald

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Benjamin P. Smith
Benjamin P. Smith

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